\NormalFont\ShortTitle{1 John}
{\MT John’s First Letter

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}That
which
was
from
the
first,
which
has
come
to
our
ears,
and
which
we
have
seen
with
our
eyes, looking
on
it
and touching
it
with
our
hands,
about
the
Word
of
life
\VS{2}(And
the
life
was
made
clear
to
us,
and
we
have
seen
it
and
are witnessing
to
it
and giving
you
word
of
that
eternal
life
which
was
with
the
Father
and
was
seen
by
us);
\VS{3}We
give
you
word
of
all
we
have
seen
and everything
which
has
come
to
our
ears,
so
that
you
may
be united
with
us;
and
we
are united
with
the
Father
and
with
his
Son
Jesus
Christ:
\VS{4}And
we
are
writing
these
things
to
you
so
that
our
joy
may
be
made
complete.
\VS{5}This
is
the word
which
came
to
us
from
him
and
which
we
give
to
you,
that
God
is
light
and
in
him
there
is
nothing
dark.
\VS{6}If
we
say
we
are joined
to
him,
and
are
walking still
in
the dark,
our
words
are false
and
our
acts
are untrue:
\VS{7}But
if
we
are
walking
in
the
light,
as
he
is
in
the
light,
we
are
all united
with
one
another,
and
the
blood
of
Jesus
his
Son makes
us
clean
from
all
sin.
\VS{8}If
we
say
that
we
have
no
sin,
we
are false
to
ourselves
and
there
is
nothing
true
in
us.
\VS{9}If
we
say openly
that
we
have done
wrong,
he
is
upright
and true
to
his word, giving
us forgiveness
of
sins
and making
us
clean
from
all
evil.
\VS{10}If
we
say
that
we
have
no
sin,
we
make
him false
and
his
word
is
not
in
us.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
little
children,
I
am
writing
these
things
to
you
so
that
you
may
be
without
sin.
And
if
any
man
is
a sinner,
we
have
a friend
and
helper
with
the
Father,
Jesus
Christ,
the
upright
one:
\VS{2}He
is
the offering
for
our
sins;
and
not
for
ours
only,
but
for
all
the
world.
\VS{3}And
by
this
we
may
be certain
that
we
have knowledge
of
him,
if
we
keep
his laws.
\VS{4}The
man
who
says,
I
have knowledge
of
him,
and
does
not
keep
his laws,
is false,
and
there
is
nothing
true
in
him:
\VS{5}But
in every
man
who
keeps
his
word,
the
love
of
God
is
made
complete.
By
this
we
may
be certain
that
we
are
in
him:
\VS{6}He
who
says
that
he
is
living
in
him,
will
do
as
he
did.
\VS{7}My loved ones,
I
do
not
give
you
a
new law,
but
an
old law
which
you
had
from
the
first;
this
old law
is
the
word
which
came
to
your
ears.
\VS{8}Again,
I give
you
a
new law,
which
is
true
in
him
and
in
you;
for
the night
is
near
its end
and
the
true
light
is
even
now
shining
out.
\VS{9}He
who
says
that
he
is
in
the
light,
and
has
hate
in
his heart
for
his
brother,
is
still
in
the
dark.
\VS{10}He
who
has
love
for
his
brother
is
in
the
light,
and
there
is
no
cause
of error
in
him.
\VS{11}But
he
who
has
hate
for
his
brother
is
in
the
dark,
walking
in
the
dark
with
no knowledge
of
where
he
is
going, unable
to
see
because
of
the
dark.
\VS{12}I am
writing
to
you,
my
children,
because
you
have forgiveness
of
sins
through
his
name.
\VS{13}I am
writing
to
you,
fathers,
because
you
have knowledge
of
him
who
was
from
the
first.
I am
writing
to
you,
young
men,
because
you
have
overcome
the
Evil
One.
I
have
sent
a
letter
to
you,
children,
because
you
have knowledge
of
the
Father.
\VS{14}I
have
sent
a
letter
to
you,
fathers,
because
you
have knowledge
of
him
who
was
from
the
first.
I
have
sent
a
letter
to
you,
young
men,
because
you
are
strong,
and
the
word
of
God
is
in
you,
and
because
you
have
overcome
the
Evil
One.
\VS{15}Have
no
love
for
the
world
or
for
the
things
which
are
in
the
world.
If
any
man
has
love
for
the
world,
the
love
of
the
Father
is
not
in
him.
\VS{16}Because
everything
in
the
world,
the
desire
of
the
flesh,
the
desire
of
the
eyes,
and
the
pride
of
life,
is
not
of
the
Father
but
of
the
world.
\VS{17}And
the
world
and
its
desires
is coming
to
an
end:
but
he
who
does God's pleasure
is
living
for
ever.
\VS{18}Little
children,
it
is
the
last
hour;
and
as
you
were given word
that
the
Antichrist
would
come,
so
now
a number
of
Antichrists
have
come
to
you;
and
by
this
we
are certain
that
it
is
the
last
hour.
\VS{19}They
went
out
from
us
but
they
were
not
of
us;
if
they
had
been
of
us
they
would still
be
with
us:
but
they
went
out
from
us
so
that
it
might
be
made
clear
that
they
were
not
of
us.
\VS{20}And
you
have
the Spirit
from
the
Holy
One
and
you
all
have knowledge.
\VS{21}I
have
not
sent
you
this
letter
because
you
have
no knowledge
of
what
is
true,
but
because
you
have knowledge,
and
because
that
which
is
false
has
nothing
in common
with
that
which
is
true.
\VS{22}Who
is false
but
he
who says
that
Jesus
is
not
the
Christ?
He
is
the
Antichrist
who
has
no belief
in
the
Father
or
the
Son.
\VS{23}He
who
has
no belief
in
the
Son
has
not
the
Father:
he
who makes clear
his belief
in
the
Son
has
the
Father.
\VS{24}But
as
for
you, keep
in
your hearts
the
things
which
were made clear
to
you
from
the
first.
If
you keep
these
things
in
your hearts
you
will
be
kept
in
the
Father
and
the
Son.
\VS{25}And
this
is
the hope
which
he gave
you,
even
eternal
life.
\VS{26}I am
writing
these
things
to
you
about
those whose purpose
is
that
you
may
be turned out
of
the true
way.
\VS{27}As
for
you,
the Spirit
which
he gave
you
is still
in
you,
and
you
have
no
need
of
any teacher;
but
as
his Spirit gives
you
teaching
about
all
things,
and
is
true
and
not
false,
so
keep
your hearts
in
him,
through
the
teaching
which
he
has given
you.
\VS{28}And
now,
my
children,
keep
your hearts
in
him;
so
that
at
his revelation,
we
may
have
no fear
or
shame
before
him
at
his
coming.
\VS{29}If
you
have knowledge
that
he
is
upright,
it
is clear
to
you
that
everyone
who
does
righteousness
is
his offspring.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}See
what
great
love
the
Father
has
given
us
in naming
us
the
children
of
God;
and
such
we
are.
For
this
reason
the
world
does
not
see
who
we
are,
because
it
did
not
see
who
he
was.
\VS{2}My loved
ones,
now
we
are
children
of
God,
and
at
present
it
is
not
clear
what
we
are
to
be.
We
are certain
that
at
his revelation
we
will
be
like
him;
for
we
will
see
him
as
he
is.
\VS{3}And
everyone
who
has
this
hope
in
him makes
himself holy,
even
as
he
is holy.
\VS{4}Everyone
who
is
a sinner goes against
the law,
for
sin
is going against
the law.
\VS{5}And
you
have knowledge
that
he
came
to
take
away
sin:
and
in
him
there
is
no
sin.
\VS{6}Anyone
who
is
in
him
does
no
sin;
anyone
who
is
a sinner
has
not
seen
him
and
has
no knowledge
of
him.
\VS{7}My
little
children,
let
no
man take
you
out
of
the true
way:
he
who
does
righteousness
is
upright, even
as
he
is
upright;
\VS{8}The sinner
is
a child
of
the Evil
One;
for
the Evil
One
has
been
a sinner
from
the
first.
And
the
Son
of
God
was seen
on earth
so
that
he
might
put
an
end
to
the
works
of
the Evil
One.
\VS{9}Anyone
who
is
a
child
of
God
does
no
sin,
because
he still
has God's
seed
in
him;
he
is
not
able
to
be
a sinner,
because
God
is
his
Father.
\VS{10}In
this
way
it
is clear
who
are
the
children
of
God
and
who
are
the
children
of
the Evil
One;
anyone
who
does
not
do
righteousness
or
who
has
no
love
for
his
brother,
is
not
a
child
of
God.
\VS{11}Because
this
is
the word
which
was given
to
you
from
the
first,
that
we
are
to
have
love
for
one
another;
\VS{12}Not
being
of
the
Evil
One
like
Cain,
who put
his
brother
to death.
And
why
did
he put
him
to death?
Because
his
works
were
evil
and
his brother's
works
were
good.
\VS{13}Do
not
be
surprised,
my
brothers,
if
the
world
has
no love
for
you.
\VS{14}We
are conscious
that
we
have
come
out
of
death
into
life
because
of
our
love
for
the
brothers.
He
who
has
no
love
is still
in
death.
\VS{15}Anyone
who
has
hate
for
his
brother
is
a taker
of
life,
and
you
may
be certain
that
no taker
of
life
has
eternal
life
in
him.
\VS{16}In
this
we
see
what
love
is,
because
he gave
his
life
for
us;
and
it
is right
for
us
to give
our
lives
for
the
brothers.
\VS{17}But
if
a
man
has
this world's
goods,
and
sees
that
his
brother
is
in
need,
and keeps
his
heart
shut
against
his
brother,
how
is
it possible
for
the
love
of
God
to
be
in
him?
\VS{18}My
little
children,
do
not let
our
love
be
in
word
and
in
tongue,
but let
it
be
in act
and
in good faith.
\VS{19}In
this
way
we
may
be certain
that
we
are
true,
and
may give
our
heart comfort
before
him,
\VS{20}When
our
heart says
that
we
have done wrong;
because
God
is
greater
than
our
heart,
and
has knowledge
of
all
things.
\VS{21}My loved ones,
if
our
heart
does
not
say
that
we
have done wrong,
we
have
no fear
before
him;
\VS{22}And
he
gives
us
all
our requests,
because
we
keep
his laws
and
do
the
things
which
are
pleasing
in
his eyes.
\VS{23}And
this
is
his law,
that
we
have
faith
in
the
name
of
his
Son
Jesus
Christ,
and
love
for
one
another,
even
as
he
said
to
us.
\VS{24}He
who
keeps
his
laws
is
in
God
and
God
is
in
him.
And
the
Spirit
which
he
gave
us
is
our witness
that
he
is
in
us.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My loved
ones,
do
not put
your
faith
in
every
spirit,
but put
them
to
the
test,
to
see
if
they
are
from
God:
because
a
great number
of
false
prophets
have
gone
out
into
the
world.
\VS{2}By
this
you
may
have knowledge
of
the
Spirit
of
God:
every
spirit
which says
that
Jesus
Christ
has
come
in
the
flesh
is
of
God:
\VS{3}And
every
spirit
which
does
not say
this
is
not
from
God:
this
is
the
spirit
of
Antichrist,
of
which
you
have
had word;
and
it
is
in
the
world
even
now.
\VS{4}You
are
of
God,
my
little
children,
and
you
have
overcome
them
because
he
who
is
in
you
is
greater
than
he
who
is
in
the
world.
\VS{5}They
are
of
the
world,
so
their talk
is
the world's talk,
and
the
world
gives ear
to
them.
\VS{6}We
are
of
God:
he
who
has
the knowledge
of
God gives ear
to
us;
he
who
is
not
of
God
does
not
give ear
to
us.
By
this
we
may
see
which
is
the
true
spirit,
and
which
is
the
spirit
of
error.
\VS{7}My
loved
ones,
let
us
have
love
for
one
another:
because
love
is
of
God,
and
everyone
who
has
love
is
a
child
of
God
and
has knowledge
of
God.
\VS{8}He
who
has
no
love
has
no knowledge
of
God,
because
God
is
love.
\VS{9}And
the
love
of
God
was
made
clear
to
us
when
he
sent
his
only
Son
into
the
world
so
that
we
might
have
life
through
him.
\VS{10}And
this
is
love,
not
that
we
had
love
for
God,
but
that
he
had
love
for
us,
and
sent
his
Son
to
be
an offering
for
our
sins.
\VS{11}My
loved ones,
if
God
had
such
love
for us,
it
is
right
for us
to
have
love
for
one
another.
\VS{12}No
man
has
ever
seen
God:
if
we
have
love
for
one
another,
God
is
in
us
and
his
love
is
made
complete
in
us:
\VS{13}And
his
Spirit
which
he
has
given
us
is
the witness
that
we
are
in
him
and
he
is
in
us.
\VS{14}And
we
have
seen
and give
witness
that
the
Father
sent
the
Son
to
be
the Saviour
of
the
world.
\VS{15}Everyone
who says openly
that
Jesus
is
the
Son
of
God,
has
God
in
him
and
is
in
God.
\VS{16}And
we
have seen
and
had
faith
in
the
love
which
God
has
for
us.
God
is
love,
and
everyone
who
has
love
is
in
God,
and
God
is
in
him.
\VS{17}In
this
way
love
is
made
complete
in
us,
so
that
we
may
be
without fear
on
the
day
of judging,
because
as
he
is,
so
are
we
in
this
world.
\VS{18}There
is
no
fear
in
love: true
love
has
no room
for
fear,
because
where
fear
is,
there
is pain;
and
he
who
is
not free
from
fear
is
not
complete
in
love.
\VS{19}We
have
the power
of loving,
because
he
first
had
love
for us.
\VS{20}If
a
man
says,
I
have
love
for
God,
and
has
hate
for
his
brother,
his
words
are false:
for
how
is
the
man
who
has
no
love
for
his
brother
whom
he
has
seen,
able
to
have
love
for
God
whom
he
has
not
seen?
\VS{21}And
this
is
the word
which
we
have
from
him,
that
he
who
has
love
for
God
is
to
have
the
same
love
for
his
brother.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Everyone
who
has
faith
that
Jesus
is
the
Christ
is
a
child
of
God:
and
everyone
who
has
love
for
the
Father
has
love
for
his
child.
\VS{2}In
this
way,
we
are certain
that
we
have
love
for
the
children
of
God,
when
we
have
love
for
God
and
keep
his laws.
\VS{3}For loving
God
is
keeping
his laws:
and
his laws
are
not hard.
\VS{4}Anything
which
comes
from
God
is able
to
overcome
the
world:
and
the power
by
which
we
have
overcome
the
world
is
our
faith.
\VS{5}Who
is able
to
overcome
the
world
but
the
man
who
has
faith
that
Jesus
is
the
Son
of
God?
\VS{6}This
is
he
who
came
by
water
and
by
blood,
Jesus
Christ;
not
by
water
only
but
by
water
and
by
blood.
\VS{7}And
the Spirit
is
the
witness,
because
the Spirit
is true.
\VS{8}There
are
three witnesses,
the
Spirit,
the
water,
and
the
blood:
and
all
three
are
in
agreement.
\VS{9}If
we
take
the
witness
of
men
to
be true,
the
witness
of
God
is
greater:
because
this
is
the
witness
which
God
has
given
about
his
Son.
\VS{10}He
who
has
faith
in
the
Son
of
God
has
the
witness
in
himself:
he
who
has
not
faith
in
God
makes
him false,
because
he
has
not
faith
in
the
witness
which
God
has
given
about
his
Son.
\VS{11}And
his
witness
is
this,
that
God
has
given
us
eternal
life,
and
this
life
is
in
his
Son.
\VS{12}He
who
has
the
Son
has
the
life;
he
who
has
not
the
Son
of
God
has
not
the
life.
\VS{13}I
have put
these
things
in
writing
for
you
who
have
faith
in
the
name
of
the
Son
of
God,
so
that
you
may
be certain
that
you
have
eternal
life.
\VS{14}And
we
are
certain
that
if
we make
any
request
to
him
which
is right
in
his eyes,
he
will
give ear
to
us:
\VS{15}And
if
we
are certain
that
he gives ear
to
all
our
requests,
we
are equally certain
that
we
will
get
our
requests.
\VS{16}If
a
man
sees
his
brother doing
a
sin
which
is
not bad enough
for
death,
let
him
make
a prayer
to
God,
and
God
will
give
life
to
him
whose
sin
was
not bad enough
for
death.
There
is
a
sin
whose punishment
is
death:
I
do
not
say
that
he
may
make
such
a
request
then.
\VS{17}All evil-doing
is
sin:
but
death
is
not
the punishment
for
every sort
of
sin.
\VS{18}We
are certain
that
one
who
is
a
child
of
God
will
do
no
sin,
but
the Son
of
God
keeps
him
so
that
he
is
not
touched
by
the
Evil
One.
\VS{19}We
are certain
that
we
are
of
God,
but
all
the
world
is
in
the power
of
the
Evil
One.
\VS{20}And
we
are certain
that
the
Son
of
God
has
come,
and
has
given
us
a clear vision,
so
that
we
may
see
him
who
is
true,
and
we
are
in
him
who
is
true,
in
his
Son
Jesus
Christ.
He
is
the
true
God
and
eternal
life.
\VS{21}My
little
children,
keep
yourselves
from false gods.
\par }